Author Topic: crows (Read 1121 times)

rickyp · « **on:** February 01, 2005, 09:57:56 AM »

what is the best way to get crows to come in to you.

I have tried calling them but they just "squawk" back to me but don't come in.

how do you all hunt them?

quigleysharps4570 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 01, 2005, 02:17:33 PM »

Ground blind, decoys and "death cry of a crow" on my Johnny Stewart caller. They won't hang around long if they see you or don't see one of their kin or what they think is killing it. You can't overdo the camo. That particular call has been my favorite since 1975, killed many of them using it. My first electronic caller was a Johnny Stewart that ran off of "D" batteries and played a 45rpm record. :-) Thought I was it with that.

flintlock · « **Reply #2 on:** February 01, 2005, 03:03:10 PM »

ricky...I agree with quigley...I used to use a mouth caller...got tired of shooting with call clinched between my teeth...I made me an electronic caller with an amp and horn speaker from Radio Shack...and ordered the Johnny Stewart cd (I did try downloading off internet and burning cd...didn't sound right)...I tried last summer...In my backyard while I was cutting grass in front yard....I was covered up with crows (and 2 hawks)
in about 5 minutes...and I live in a small town...I was using the crow and owl fight...I have added 3 crow decoys and a owl decoy...Its rare when I can't kill several birds in a couple of hours...Hope this helps...flintlock

rickyp · « **Reply #3 on:** February 01, 2005, 03:56:36 PM »

what load do you set the speaker?
I have MP-3 calls in crow and hawk fight, crow fight, crow death cry and hawk, crow reveille

I do know I have to be totaly in camo and sitting still for them to come in.
I already do this.

I saw a article in a predator hunting mag. saying to use ketchup around a bone pile with a few decoys to get them to come in.

what do you do with them once you shoot them?

rickyp · « **Reply #4 on:** February 25, 2005, 04:24:05 PM »

Alabama Outlaw,
did that 20 GA have a Polly-choke and a magazine?

Flash · « **Reply #5 on:** March 05, 2005, 02:25:24 PM »

I have a Johnny Stewart digital caller with a 50' speaker cable and a dozzen decoys. I usually hunt for about three hours before all the local crows get wise but they get stupid by the next weekend. I get into standing corn and kneel down.....the rest is history.

JohnClif · « **Reply #6 on:** April 04, 2005, 02:25:37 AM »

I have hunted crows since before I was a teenager, and have been calling them about that long.

I like a good hand call. I usually get settled in, wait a few minutes so any crows in the area forget about me, then give a simple 'caw caw caw' greeting call... "Where's the party, boys?"

If I can get one to answer me, I just talk back to him. I'll get a little aggressive by drawing out the call... 'ca-a-a-a-aw, 'ca-a-a-a-aw' and putting some feeling in it. That usually ruffles the feathers of one of the regulars and he'll come to chase the intruder off. I'll shut up between calls, too, and be very still.

Lots of time the first crow will make a silent pass over your site to check things out. If it spots you the jig is up as it'll leave while calling the alarm call. When I'm rifle hunting I'm real still, and listening hard for the wingbeats of a silently approaching 'point man'. If I can spot it before it spots me, I have a good chance of taking it after the crow lands and before it spots me. With a rifle, you'll usually only get one shot, but sometimes you can get a couple depending on the firearm (quieter guns fool more crows).

When I'm shotgun hunting, I've had the most success by getting in thick low brush in open woods near a stream or creek, repeating the same basic strategy but moving on to a crow fight (calling very aggressively with lots of crow cussing). Many's the time I've gone through more than a box of shells, shooting wildly in self-defense as I get crows mobbing me, zipping through the trees within a few yards to see what crow is getting the stuffing beat out of him. It only helps if you knock a couple down without killing them immediately and their fluttering or calling just excites the rest of the flock beyond all reason. Now that kind of hunting is the stuff that keeps you coming back for more.

6-24x42 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 11, 2005, 10:35:37 AM »

My cousin Jeff and I recently purchased flapping wing decoys from crowbusters. It is amazing how well they work. Put one next to the owl decoy and they will try to land on it if you have enough concealement. Also try using an electric caller in river bottoms or on top of hills so the sound carries. However, it seems they prefer not to fly over open land as readily :wink:

ratgunner · « **Reply #8 on:** May 14, 2005, 03:14:47 PM »

Sometimes an owl call works crows hate owls and come in to heckel them,

of course at nite it's the owls turn to heckel.

daddywpb · « **Reply #9 on:** September 25, 2005, 09:48:27 AM »

I use an owl decoy on a stick and some crow decoys laying on the ground under it. Some owl hoots and frantic crow calls usually stops them long enough for a shot.

victorcharlie · « **Reply #10 on:** September 26, 2005, 12:12:20 PM »

I use a Mallard tone brand mouth blown crow call, and have had very good results with a Johnny Stewart fighting crows tape.........the crows around here are pretty smart, and hard to get to come back to the same place for a few months after gunning them...........